Profile
Critical musicologist, pianist, and composer describe the scholarly and artistic endeavors of James G. Williams. Developing a theory for analyzing how resistance to hegemony is signified in the work of African-American musicians and how black music aesthetics becomes a hermeneutical lens for understanding this resistance comprises the focus of his doctoral research. Mr. Williams believes diversity is the vital nexus of scholarship. New England Conservatory of Music and New York University have granted Bachelors and Master of Arts diplomas to Mr. Williams.
